Marc Binkley

Tele Portrait

What is a good cheap canon lens for wedding/portrait work?

One of my friends is letting me photograph her wedding, and she can’t afford to pay me more then $300 so I’m not going to go all out and buy a new body/ expensive lens ect..and I do plan on buying a flash.
I have a 50mm 1.8 for the close ups, but I need a good tele lens for under $300. I’m using a Canon Rebel xs. I would also like to be able to use it for portrait work. One of my friends uses the Sigma 70-300 for Canon, would that be a good one to look at?
Thanks!

I have a 28-100 that works really well for macro and for portrait. are you using more than one camera body or will you have to switch the lenses out during the ceremony.
the 70-300 wont be much use for the close up stuff – but it should work well as a telephoto.
What sort of flash are you buying – for only 300 it sounds like you are not going to break even if you buy a new lens and a new flash unit.

the link below has some photography equipment review sites in it – you should take a look around at some of those forums (you don’t have to necessarily buy a canon lens for your canon camera)

Minolta MC Celtic 135mm f3.5 Tele-portrait Lens EXC++ $49.99

HIGH QUALITY NIKON AI MOUNT 100MM 2.8 KALEINAR 5N TELE PORTRAIT METAL LENS $67.00

CANON FD MOUNT SIGMA 35-70MM 2.8-4 WIDE TO TELE PORTRAIT ZOOM LENS $45.00

HIGH QUALITY PENTAX SCREW MOUNT SOLIGOR 105MM 2.8 TELE PORTRAIT PRESET LENS $65.00

Bushnell 135mm 2.8 Great Tele-portrait lens for Pentax K-mount-NICE! $54.56

Nikon Ai 135mm 2.8 Nikkor-Beatiful Tele-Portrait lens-NICE! $167.16

Soligor 135mm 2.8-Nikon Non-Ai Tele-Portrait lens-NICE! $83.16

TAMRON SP 90mm f2.5 TELE-MACRO PORTRAIT LENS + ADAPTALL 2 FOR CANON FD - EX COND $126.38

Vtg Soligor Auto-Tele 135mm f3.5 Portrait Telephoto Lens M42 42mm Screw-Mount $11.95

Soligor 135mm 2.8 Telephoto-Beautiful Vintage Tele-portrait for Exakta SLR $233.58

Olympus OM 135mm f:3.5 w/case-Beautiful Tele-portrait lens-NICE@! $89.96

Schneider 135mm 3.5 Tele-Xenar-Great Exakta portrait $40.47

Canon Rangefinder 135mm f:4 Serenar w/case-Beautiful vintage Tele-portrait lens $188.24

Tair 11A 135/2.8 M42 Mount Tele Portrait Lens *Express shipping from Canada* $200.00

Schneider 135mm 3.5 Tele-Xenar-Great Portrait lens-Exakta SLR mount-NICE $247.03

Minolta MD Tele Rokkor-X 135mm 3.5 Portrait and Telephoto Lens $49.99

Topcon 135mm f:4 UV Topcor-Great Tele-Portrait lens-NICE $82.12

Canon FD 135mm 3.5-Beautiful Compact Tele-portrait lens-Minty $60.62

Nikon Nikkor-Q Auto 135mm F2.8 Tele-portrait Lens EXC+ $119.99

Nikon Nikkor-Q Auto 135mm F2.8 Tele-portrait AI Lens EXC+ $139.99

Rollei 135mm 2.8 Rolleinar w/Canon EF mount-Great Tele-portrait lens-Minty $406.98

NEW TAIR 11A 2.8/135 M42 M39 Mount TELE / Portrait USSR KMZ Lens Perfect Bokeh $273.50

Nikon Non-Ai 135mm 2.8 Nikkor-Beautiful Tele-Portrait Lens-WOOMinty $222.33

Juplen 135mm f:2.8 Beautiful Fast M42 Pentax screw mount Tele-portrait lens-Nice $147.97

Nikon KIT 1986 TAIR 11A 2.8/135 M39 M42 TELE Portrait Soviet Lens Perfect Bokeh $215.00

MINT TAIR 11A 2.8/135 M42 M39 Mount TELE / Portrait USSR KMZ Lens Perfect Bokeh $242.80

Minolta MC TELE ROKKOR-PF 100mm 1:2,8 portrait lens $79.00

Minolta AUTO TELE ROKKOR-PG 135mm 1:2,8 portrait lens $79.00

Carl Zeiss Tele-Tessar 135mm f/4.0 Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Portrait Lens $99.90

Minolta MC Tele Rokkor QE 100mm f3.5 Lens Portrait Sports NICE! $100.00

CANON FD 135mm f/2.5 S.C. Tele Portrait LENS AE-1 MINT $159.99

Topcon RE Auto-Topcor 13.5cm 3.5 tele-portrait lens $140.00

Beautiful Nikon Nikkor 105mm F/2.5 Non AI Tele-Portrait Lens - Excellent $169.00

STAEBLE-telon 39MM SCREW MOUNT 85MM F1:5.6 TELE PORTRAIT COMPACT COATED LENS $65.00

CANON FD N 135mm f/3.5 Tele Portrait LEN F-1 AE-1 MINT $69.99